TV Review: Candy on Disney+
Metro, October 2022 In America, it’s one of those infamous real-life suburban domestic dramas that split a nation. In 1980, Candace “Candy” Montgomery was found not guilty of the murder of her friend Betty Gore […]
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TV review: The Bear on Disney+
Metro, October 2022 Gordon Ramsay’s various kitchen nightmare shows largely characterised restaurants as toxic, pressured cauldrons of dysfunctional workplace hell. The Bear, a quite brilliant drama set in a Chicago sandwich joint, confirms all those […]
Forever Home by Graham Norton
The fourth novel by the chatshow host is a darkly comic Irish domestic drama that has emotional depth but is undemanding. The Observer, September 2022 When Graham Norton surprised the literary world with his adept […]
Questioning manly stereotypes with IPAF winner Mohammed Alnaas
Hadara, September 2022 Like many, Mohammed Alnaas occupied himself during Covid-19 lockdowns by baking and writing. But the Libyan novelist came out of the pandemic with an International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his debut… […]
Best Of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
Metro, October 2022 Growing up amid a backdrop of political unrest and Western pop music in 1980s Karachi, Zahra and Maryam certainly have a clearly defined vision of their adult lives. Of marriage, children, success […]